The Perry City Council voted to award a contract and accept federal and state grants to build up to four 50-by-50 hangars at the Perry Municipal Airport. The council approved a $1,008,664.50 base bid and alternate to Firebrand Construction LLC and accepted two FAA grants and an Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) grant to fund the project.
Toby Baker, the city’s airport engineering consultant with Park Hill, said the bidding plan included three hangars in the base bid and a fourth as an add alternate and that the project fits within the available funding. “We are absolutely inside of the budget with the funds available to award all 4 hangars,” Baker said.
The funding plan the council reviewed splits costs roughly 55% from FAA funding, 40% from the state ODAA grant and a 5% local city match. The council accepted two FAA grants — referenced in the agenda as AIP 3-40-007-020-2025 and AIP 3-40-007-021-2025 — and an ODAA state grant (F22-26H-FS). The two FAA grants were listed in the meeting packet at $304,000 and $392,748, and the ODAA grant was listed at $506,726, leaving the city’s net share reported by staff at $63,341.
Council members also approved resolution number 2025-11 and resolution number 2025-12 to accept the FAA grants and authorized the mayor and city staff to execute required grant documents, subject to receipt of the grant agreements. Baker told the council FAA grant agreements are expected to be issued by FAA headquarters soon and that the grants must be executed no later than Sept. 18 (as presented to the council), with staff expecting awards within a few weeks.
The council approved task order number 2 with Park Hill for construction-phase services including a resident project representative, construction testing and grant administration. Baker said those services are covered by the three grants and that the city’s 5% share of the consultant costs is included in the previously stated local match.
Baker said Firebrand Construction, the apparent low, responsive bidder, had completed a similar hangar project at Prague Municipal Airport and that the company was responsive on both paperwork and construction. He estimated a construction duration of roughly 180 calendar days after notice to proceed, with a likely late‑fall start dependent on building delivery and final grant paperwork.
All airport-related motions and related grant-acceptance resolutions carried on the council roll calls recorded in the meeting minutes.
The approvals allow staff to proceed with submittals, material approvals and contractor ordering once FAA agreements are received; construction scheduling and updates will be provided to city staff as a timeline develops.